Recent content by tracker1962

Hey Mike. We might be getting closer?. Please, please send me what you may have. marcatrona@hotmail.com I thought the boom was longer but just measured where I had it when I took it down and 20.6' seems about right. Mine as you can see does have 16 elements. Thanks Mike!

The Cushcraft 17B2 has a gamma this one does not?

m42duster, the elements were all over the place including one on top being shorter than one on the bottom on the same rung in several places? Moleculo, here is the whole unit.

Well it was never working really well from the start and elements normally go from longest in the back to shortest in the front m42duster. Moleculo, there is no sign of anything missing on this unit. No empty holes, no marks of something being there at one point, nothing. It looks complete...

Can anyone tell me who made this 16 element 2 meter beam and maybe a model number. It was purchased from a Hamfest many years ago. It has to be 30+ years old easy as I have had it close to 20 years. I used it for a couple of years and then gave up the hobby. For over a decade it just spun...

I just got one of these. Hit Menu. Press arrow up or down beside menu to select what parameter you want to set. #1 is squelch. Hit menu again to be able to do anything within that selection. Press the arrow up or down beside the menu button to adjust. 1 for least squelch and 2 and so on...

A thought for sure. Worth a try. I'm open to suggestions. tracker.

Ok Mack. That will be my starting place. The ground is frozen now and will have to wait. Until then I will listen only. Thank You. If that doesn't fix it, I will re-open this thread. BTW, a PM is being sent to you with my callsign. tracker.

Sure, tear me apart for asking. Mack, you are completely right and I did not do the right thing. I should have known better. My beef is not with you and you shoot "straight from the hip". In a rush to beat the winter, self gratification, I broke the most important rules. It was...

mackmobile43. All nice in the sense of a reply. Sure all theory applies. Does your answer help myself or others... NO. I did mention that grounding is not on the units at the time. I am sure that you have an answer to help. If you would like to share with us "simple minded" people in laymen...

Mack, Please elaborate for myself and future searches. tracker

Thanks for answers, or should I say questions. This is why I came here as I know help will come. I hope this thread will help others as well, thread so named for quick search on the forum. Yes, I am a licensed Canadian operator with status of honors. Yes I am running legal. My 2 meter rig...

I have searched this site and not found what I am looking for. Maybe not reading far back enough? I don't know? Any help would be appreciated! I have been using my 2 meter rig with a homemade copper "J" pole with no problems for 7-8 months now. Got a HF rig and set up a 5/8 wave ground...

My 2 meter rig is a 241A I made a "J" pole out of old 1/2" copper pipes that my "brother the plumber" pulled out of basements. Some have paint on them!! Stuck it up from the ground up, tied to the eave of the house about 30' to the top. Chopped 75 Ohm coax for the right length for resistance...

Yup, sounds good with my voice. Can't go crazy with it but within the controls of the mike and radio, it works rather well so I am told by those that know to talk to me "face to face". Just have to keep it down and not be drowned out by background noise that defeats the purpose! tracker.